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What can the reader conclude about Helen from this sentence?
When the Greeks discovered Helen missing, they started a war with Troy.
A)Helen was beautiful
B)Helen was an important queen
C)Helen wanted the Greeks to start a war
D)Helen was excited about her new life with Paris
B)Helen was an important queen
Which sentence or phrase from the selection supports your answer in Part A?
A) Historians are uncertain about many details of Homer's life.
B)…some people wonder if Homer even existed!
C)…we don't know if he wrote them by himself
D)Could he have had help authoring these masterpieces?
B)…some people wonder if Homer even existed!
The rhyming words fast and last in the poem emphasize that —
A) the poet wants the sun to stay up longer
B) the poet is impatient for the summer to end
C) the poet knows he will never return to Lisbon
D) the poet does not want his time in Lisbon to end
D) the poet does not want his time in Lisbon to end
Which of the following pairs of words has vowel teams that are pronounced the same?
A) break/instead
b) yellow/down
C) choir/voyage
D) believe/retreat
D) believe/retreat
Which of the following is an independent clause?
A) after the sun sets
B) because my father told me
C) she arrives on tomorrow's train
D) when we get up tomorrow morning
C) she arrives on tomorrow's train
A)boring
B)too short
C)enjoyable
D)very long
D)very long
The author ends the selection with the ideas in paragraph 3 most likely to show that —
A)The Odyssey was Homer's favorite poem
B)the events of The Odyssey take place after The Iliad
C)The Iliad is a more important poem than The Odyssey
D)the events of The Iliad are more exciting than The Odyssey
B)the events of The Odyssey take place after The Iliad
Our teacher told us that The Iliad was a classic.
The suffix -ic helps the reader determine that the word classic means —
A) a room where students meet
B) the process of joining a class
C) a thing that does not have class
D)something associated with historical value
D)something associated with historical value
The suffix in the word uncomfortable is —
A) un
B) com
C) fort
D) able
D) able
Which sentence best combines the two sentences below?
Raul took the bus. Susie walked to school.
A) Raul took the bus Susie walked to school.
B) Raul took the bus or Susie walked to school.
C)Raul took the bus, for Susie walked to school.
D) Raul took the bus, but Susie walked to school.
D) Raul took the bus, but Susie walked to school.
Which phrase from the selection supports your answer in Part A?
A)journey from Troy
B)His home in Ithaca, Greece
C)takes ten years
D)Odysseus and his army encounter obstacles
C)takes ten years
Remembering Lisbon (8-11)
Who is the narrator of the selection?
A)Dad
B)David
C)Aunt Claudia
D)Dad's cousin
B)David
Which suffix can be added to the word defense to make a word that means “doing something to defend”?
A)ic
B)ive
C)ism
D)able
B)ive
The suffix in the word uncomfortable is —
A) long i
B) short I
C) long o
D) short o
C)
Which of the following words is a collective noun?
A) team
B) coach
C) players
D) trainers
A) team
What text feature helps the reader know what each paragraph is about?
A)selection titles
B)section headings
C)poem names in italics
D)sidebars
B)section headings
Which sentence from the selection supports your answer in Part A?
A) I looked over at my dad and he looked thoughtful…
B)"I didn't even know we had any family in Portugal."
C)"Oh, yes, David," he replied.
D)Then, he began to tell stories I had never heard before…
C)"Oh, yes, David," he replied.
The meaning of the root chron in the word chronological is —
A) light
B)changing
C)time
D)measure
C)time
Which sentence is correct?
A) Thought we were in trouble.
B) Where the classroom?
C) The principal spoke to the students.
D) Surprise, was awarded teacher of the year
C) The principal spoke to the students.
Which of the following nouns is irregular when it is plural?
A)hoof
B)galaxy
C)athlete
D)desert
A)hoof
Because not much is known about Homer, some people
A)doubt that he existed
B)doubt that he is famous
C)think he wrote more poems then we know
D)think he wrote poems under a different name
A)doubt that he existed
In the father’s poem, the simile “sunsets like fire” means —
A) the temperature is hot
B) the sky is the color of flames
C) he can see fire in the distance
D) the sunsets are difficult to watch
B)
The meaning of the root geo in the word geology is —
A)life
B)Earth
C)study of
D)measure of
B)Earth
Which of the following is an interrogative sentence?
A) A Greek poet named Homer.
B) Why is Homer's work so popular?
C) Homer was the most famous Greek poet!
D) A Greek poet named Homer wrote poems.
B) Why is Homer's work so popular?
What change needs to be made in the sentence below?
The weather is getting cooler, and the leaf are beginning to fall from the trees.
A) Change weather to weathers
B) Change leaf to leaves
C) Change beginning to begin
D) Change fall to falling
B) Change leaf to leaves